Attachment for a miter gauge

Abstract

An attachment for a miter gauge of the type having an arm slidably movable in the slot of a work table so that a wooden workpiece is moved into engagement with a table saw blade depending upon the angle of the arm with respect to the miter gauge body. The attachment is mounted on the miter gauge in such a manner that two workpieces one with a taper cut and the other with a miter cut can be successively cut and then joined along their bias edges to form a ninety degree joint, without readjusting the miter gauge.

Having described my invention, I claim: 
     
       1. An attachment for a miter gauge having a body having a workpiece-engaging surface, an arm pivotally connected to the body, and means for locking the arm at a selected angle with respect to the workpiece-engaging surface, said arm being slideably receivable in the slot of a work table for guiding the gauge body along a linear path of motion with respect to a table saw blade, said attachment comprising: a fence having an elongated work-engaging surface and means for attaching the fence to the miter gauge body, the fence having an elongated slot having a neck forming a narrowed opening;   stop means having a body aligned with the bottom of the miter gauge body, and a pair of spaced tongues slideably received in the slot of the fence so as to be movable therealong to an adjusted position, said stop means having an elongated work-engaging surface disposed at a 90° angle with respect to the work-engaging surface of the fence;   the stop means body having an opening adjacent the slot;   a locking member slidably disposed in the stop means body opening between said tongues, the locking member having shoulder means in the fence slot such that the neck of the slot is disposed between the shoulder means and the stop means body; and   locking means for camming the shoulder means toward the stop means body whereby the neck of the fence slot is clamped between the shoulder means and the stop means body.